Larussa has me scratching my head

[Stu]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

 

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

[nolanwood]

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

 

 

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[javy knows my name]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

 

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

Yeah, but keeping 13 pitchers is another head-scratcher. Silly La Russa

[nolanwood]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

 

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

Yeah, but keeping 13 pitchers is another head-scratcher. Silly La Russa

 

It's pretty much a necessity given their rotation woes (i.e. converted relievers with injuries and tired arms).

[illiniguy]

He did the same thing a couple of times against Washington in that whacky game they had. The relief pitcher hit a homer in his only at bat. I think it is what the other guys have said, he just doesn't have many bullets on the bench.

[mjohnson71]

Big wet sloppy kiss from ESPN.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3469110&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

[Birdinal5]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

 

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

Yeah, but keeping 13 pitchers is another head-scratcher. Silly La Russa

 

That dummy, who does he think he is? The third-winningest manager of all time or something?

[illiniguy]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

 

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

Yeah, but keeping 13 pitchers is another head-scratcher. Silly La Russa

 

That dummy, who does he think he is? The third-winningest manager of all time or something?

He should thank Dave Duncan for that. Duncan is the genius there.

[Birdinal5]

I was watching the Mets-Cards game last night and Larussa let his relief pitcher hit in the 6th trailing by 3 runs. Made no sense, especially since he had a fresh bullpen and 13 pitchers. Surely he's not saving his bullpen for the Cubs series is he? Would it make sense to do that so many days in advance?

 

With 13 pitchers you only have 4 guys to pinch hit, and one of them is the catcher. He probably didn't want to burn any more pinch hitters than absolutely necessary.

Yeah, but keeping 13 pitchers is another head-scratcher. Silly La Russa

 

That dummy, who does he think he is? The third-winningest manager of all time or something?

He should thank Dave Duncan for that. Duncan is the genius there.

Can't disagree there. They are a potent combo, but Duncan doesn't make all the lineup decisions either. Pinning it all on one or the other isn't right. It's a joint effort, and an outstanding one at that.